Judge Sonia Sotomayor made it out of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing by a vote of 13-6. Her confirmation vote moves to the full Senate on her way to becoming the third female Justice in the Supreme Court’s history. The National Organization for Women (NOW) released a statement applauding Sotomayor while complaining that “racism and sexism have driven far too much of the public discourse” during her hearing. They then go on to say that “those outrageous questions and comments—seemed to belong to privileged white men.”
How’s that for racism and sexism?